Fare-register



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H L Y 0 B H M. &. R 0m m R HA F J E L Y O B R R No. 491,007. PatentedJan. '31, 1893.

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FRANK. P. BOYLE, JOHN H. DUNDON, AND JOHN E. BOYLE, OF YoUNes TOWN,OHIO.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,007, dated January31, 1893.

Application filed May 3, 1892. Serial No. 431,729- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK. P. BOYLE, JOHN H. DUNDON, and JOHN E. BOYLE,citizens Of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county ofMahoning and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements inFare-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved register, more especially forregistering fares in passenger cars, and yet is equally applicable aside elevation of the register with the cas-- ing or closure in section.Fig. a is a sectional elevation taken through the entire device. Fig. 5is a detached perspective view of the register slide.

In the embodiment of ourinvention, we provide a suitable closure orcasing A hinged to a base or support a. upon which is held the operativemechanism, Over which closes the casing or closure secured by a suitablelock and key I), the latter being in the custody of the cashier orproprietor of the establishment using the register.

B B are toothed Wheels or disks secured to a common axle or shaft 0 andO C are additional opposite disks or wheels secured to a common axle orshaft 0 both of which axles or shafts are mounted or bear in a suitablebearing 0 suitably fastened or screwed to the base or support a. Thewheels or disks B B are provided with predetermined spaced apartcoincident teeth 61 adapted for engagement with spring-held retainingpawls e c suitably pivoted in position upon the bearing a and.

connected by branch wires or lines f f to a single line or Wirefconnected to a hand le ver g, by the actuation of which said pawls mayboth be simultaneously disengaged from the engaging teeth of said wheelsor disks,

when desired as for instance in reeling the registering tape upon andfrom one to the other of the shafts of said wheels or disks. The disk orwheel 0 has a serrated or roughened periphery and engaging therewith aspring-pawl h suitably secured to the base a to serve as a kind ofbrake, to prevent a reactory movement of the wheels or disks.

D is the registering tape having suitably imprinted thereon the requiredfigures or numbers in the present instance adapted to serve as a fareregister, although it maybe marked to indicate the price of meals &c. ina saloon or sales in a business establishmentaccording to its intendeduse. This tape has its greater portion wound say first upon the uppershaft 0 and thence extends to the other shaft 0 and intermediate of theshafts the tape passes over a bridge 2' preferably secured upon thebearing 0 by milled screws 2" i to permit the ready removal, bodily, ofsaid shafts with their wheels and disks, and the tape with said bridge,wholly, from the other part of the register, when it may be desired toexchange the same for other like arrangement of parts, or for otherpurpose, as renewal of the parts, 650. The tape D is passed preferablyunder elastic or rubber covered rolls j 3' supported in side-bearingpieces 10, secured to said bridge, and corresponding pieces or bars heldupon the pieces 7c, said rolls being so spaced apart as to permit theready reading of thefigures or numbers on said tape. The pawl c hasconnection, by a wire or line e with a suitable gong Z or other form ofsignal to give notice of the registration of a fare or other amount,according to its use of the register.

E is a spring retracted dog suitably pivoted upon the base a-andnormally resting, under the retracting action of its spring m, connectedthereto and to said base, against an incline-ended post or stop m alsosecured to the base. This dog has pivoted or hinged to it upon its frontedge a spring-held, or yielding, Wing or plate E ,having asalientportion Or extension a at its upper left hand corner to engage any oneof a series of lateral, bevel ended, plain-faced, projections n on theside of the wheel 13, arranged co incidently with the peripheral teeth dof said wheel. Each engagement of the wing or plate E with theprojections n, therefore,will revolve the wheel 13' with its shaftthrough an are equal to that between any two of the teeth d of thewheel, effecting the movement of the tape D sufficiently to bring thesucceeding number or figure thereon over the bridge i between the rollsj j, as required in keeping an account of the registration at thepreferably glass-covered viewing opening 0 in the front of the casing orclosure, where each single amount to be registered, is indicated bymechanism described. The dog E has connected to it a line or cord 1),passed through an opening 1), in the lower front edge of the closure orcasing A and leading to a suitable support and dangling at a convenientpoint for grasping or manipulation. This line or cord may also haveconnection by a branch cord 2) with the register-slide, presentlydescribed for moving the latter thereby if desired.

F is the register-slide or board supported over the viewing opening 0 inthe front of the casing or closure A and between cleats or guide-stripsfsecured to the inner side of said front, said slide or board beingupheld by a retractile spring f 3 connected thereto and to said closureor casing. This board or slide has suitably applied to its outer side,for exposure through the viewing opening 0 in the closure or easingfront the number or data of a single fare or amount, for registration asabove intimated. The board or slide F has secured to its lower edge anarm (1 projecting inwardly therefrom, to which the branch-cord p of theline 1) above referred to may be connected for the purpose aforesaid.This springretracted slide F is moved downward each time the cord orline 1) is pulled by the operator thus exposing to view the single fareamount to be registered synchronously with the movement of the tape andconsequently the total or aggregate amount of the registration to date.Thenever the main cord 19 is pulled to swing the dog E, the branch cord19 moves the slide F, but while we have illustrated this branch cordconnection between the main cord and the arm q, for moving the slide, wedo not confine ourselves thereto, for obviously the end of the dog E maybe utilized to act on the arm q for moving the slide when the main cordis pulled to swing the dog.

Below the number or figure on the slide or board for registration arearranged naughts which are exposed for view through the opening 0 whenthe register is not in use thus avoiding unnecessary exposure of theamount for registration and yet calling attention to the fact of thepresence of a register.

By grasping a handle 3 on one of the wheels or disks 0 G and turning tothe right the tape can be uureeled when desired from the lower shaft topermit the re-use of the tape.

The tape is shown as marked for registering, at asingle operation, livecents, but it may be marked to register three cents, ten cents, ortwenty-five cents, and the device may be used as a cash register asbefore intimated to register the amounts of sales.

Having described our invention, what we claim, is:

1. In a register, the combination with a casing having an aperture and aspring retracted slide having certain data thereon and arranged topermit the exposure of said data through the aperture in the casing, andan arm projecting from the slide, of a spring retracted dog having ahinged or pivoted wing or cam, a series of wheels or disks, one havinglateral projections adapted to beengaged by said wing, a tape bearingcertain figures ornumbers andconnected to the shafts of said wheels, andmeans for actuating said dog, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a casing having an aperture, of pairs of wheelsmounted on suitable shafts and one of said wheels having lateralprojections coincident with peripheral teeth thereupon, a tape bearingnumbers or figures and connected with the shafts of the wheels,springpressed pawls for preventing retrograde movement of the wheels, abridge having separated rolls under which the tape passes, a springretracted dog having a pivoted spring retracted wing or plate, a springretracted slide having a projecting arm and bearing numbers or figuresadapted to be viewed through the aperture in the casing, and a line foractuating the dog, substantially as described.

Intestimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our sealsin presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

J. EDGAR RUDGE, PATRICK MCMANMON.

